Seemingly out of nowhere comes this top class debut from Australinewzealander Tim Guy. Yes, it’s produced by Bic Runga and she’s all over the album, along with Ed Cake, Ben Maitland, Milan Borich, Brady Blade and many other genius talents. All that aside, it’s a great album that Tim Guy wrote, so lets talk about […]
Reviews
“Peachy Keen craft vivd tales of love life that range from the dark and melancholic Stealing to the upbeat jazz of Down Down Down. The jazz drumming of Ben Lockwood, haunting violin of Tam Taylor and sublime piano of Nigel Braddock complement each other brilliantly, turning every track into a piece of beauty. However it […]
“… a wonderful album of inspired ambient surreality. ‘Schlafwandler’ is a rich and charming soundtrack for your dreamstates, alternatively light and deep.” NZ Musician
“… a glorious aural lullaby.” Listener
“Cloudboy member Johannes Contag’s second Sleepytime release is an extraordinary thing.” Metro
“Gorgeous and hypnotically addictive.” Rip It Up
Remarkable yet largely unsung champion of New Zealand music Luke Hurley has released his first and much-awaited Best Of album; giving fans of his live concerts a rare chance to take home the gems of his life work. Renowned locally and abroad as an exceptional and original performer – both as street busker and live […]
Rubble is a class act of an album – do your best to check it out. It will surprise those that are both longtime fans of Karen Hunter and impress those that had never heard of her.
**** (4 stars)
Simon Sweetman, Dominion Post
May 2007
‘Rubble’ is a stunning and varied set that grows with each listening. Helped […]
“[The Loneliest of Creatures] is one of the best dark ambient pieces of music ever to have come out of New Zealand. It is also, in many ways, a triumph that Reyne’s previous works have been leading up to: a thoroughly emotional and moving piece of sound art which deserves wide exposure.” – FIEND […]
Second album by Hummel aka Andy Cummins continues in the same vein as the his self-titled debut with spoken word, song, samples, live instruments and electronica adding up to a haunting and evocative soundscape.
Reviews
“(mediOCHRE is)…a sonic journey from lo-fi beginnings through spoken-word samples, downbeat electronica, live guitars, gentle songs, and techno-static. It finds its soul […]
In the NZ Herald, Graham Reid said
Another low-key ambient outing with a Cloudboy connection: Hummel is the album and nom de disque of Andy Cummins who has toured with Cloudboy as a vocalist but, as with Contag, has a private life in the quiet zone. Plucked guitars, barely audible vocal sounds, a few emotionally intense […]
Dr Kevorkian and The Suicide Machine may just be making the most important sound of 2002. An enchanting patchwork of ethereal harmony, unabashed gothic melody, and a cerebral songwriting swagger, ‘The Ironman’ is simply stunning. A thoroughly unique work of art from start to finish. Whether by hook or crook, you MUST own this album.
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Onelung’s third album is a heady brew of breakbeat/drum n’ bass and general mix mayhem.
Reviews
“This is a good as most of the international groove-based releases I’ve heard lately, and a good deal more left-field in terms of it’s odd sample choices.” Real Groove
“Flashbacks is well named, as listening to it brings to the forefront memories […]
Sampladelicist Onelung’s second CD of beatstyles, The Electronic Laboratory, uses nothing but samples downloaded from the internet, duly manipulated and messed up with fearless abandon. Originally self-released in 1999 as a CD burn, this album is now available only as a download.
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“This is a funky driven, drum breaking, beat fest, layed with a plethora […]
